Alicia-san no Diet Quest
Alicia's Diet Quest

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Keep in mind that this is solely my opinion and my opinion only. I'd also like to say that I don't dislike this manga, and there are no hard feeling towards it. Also, if I don't make sense in some instances while writing this, my bad, I'll get you some soda to compensate. (i owe a lot of sodas, this is also my first manga review)

5 on MAL is average, and I can say that me and a few others are comfortable with this rating. To me, Alicia-san no Diet Quest was just a short series of laughs, (i didnt laugh) unique diet techniques, along ... with a short story to go along. Let me explain why I thought this series deserved a 5.

The story seemed promising, but for some reason, I feel like I've seen this basis before. We have a set of characters (Ryan, Alicia, and Sara) out on their journey to beat up the big boy demon lord. That shouldn't be too hard. However, Alicia and Sara seemed too upset about their weights and want to change that while making their way to the demon king. The group gets sidetracked and everything. I didn't find this story that remarkable to be honest with you. Just genius, dumb, funny ways the squad fights with monsters and their weights.

The art was good. I found it very nice, attractive, and detailed. One of the reasons I read this manga to begin with was with the art, and partially Alicia's melons. I don't know what it is, but this manga gave off cute vibes. I also like the RPG vibe it gave off. If this was a game, (could or could not be at the moment) I would probably play it.

The characters in Alicia-san no Diet Quest were average to me. Just a squad of heroes who get sidetracked off their main duty and instead slack off doing questionable things. These characters felt really similar to those in the Konosuba series, just less eye-catching and funny. In the end, I would say they are barely satisfactory in my book.

I'll be honest with you, I did not enjoy the series at all. Like for a few other series, you get hooked on the first few chapters, then you lose interest because they perform the same actions over and over again. I was out here like "When are they going to beat up the demon king?" To be honest I was just more into that than the weight interventions. If they had a game changer or two that was eye-catching (for example, permanent death), it would have been a little bit better.

Overall, Alicia-san no Diet Quest was just an average manga to me. Nothing was too special or remarkable to me. (besides alicias melons) I feel like they could have a better job on this manga. For example, they could have included side quests or other events like a beach/coastal side trip. I would recommend this to you if you want a quick laugh, dumb, but genius ways to lose weight, or some melons. Not bad, not good either, just in the middle.

(i probably mustve said some controversial/dumb/questionable comments. it is my first time reviewing a manga. just wanted to express how i felt while reading this manga. feel free to let me know whats on your mind)

tl;dr: A pretty repetitive gag manga about a party of RPG members unsuccessfully trying to improve their diet.

Alicia’s Diet Quest is a parody of the typical RPG style party of heroes goes to defeat the demon lord type story with the twist being that 2/3 of the members of the party are incredibly unhealthy. The priestess, Alicia, loves eating so much that she’s fat to the point that she can’t keep up with the party. On the other hand, the knight, Sara, hates eating and is thus too scrawny to be all that useful in battle. Both of them claim to want to change, but ... they’re pretty at doing so. The hero, Ryan, does his best to help them, but for the most part just ends up playing the straight man to their nonsense.

The manga does have some pretty interesting comedy that combines RPG mechanics with diet elements, like making the calorie count of MP restoration potions a major issue. However, there’s not all that much variety to it. The first volume hits most all of the good gags, and the rest of the manga is just repeating the same ones with aesthetic differences. The repeats may be better executed at times, but it still feels pretty repetitive. As such, the comedy in the manga gets pretty stale.

The manga doesn’t really have anything else going for it either. The start of the first volume has some hints of romance and character arcs, but they’re dropped pretty much immediately and go nowhere. The plot is just random nonsense having to do with dieting without any sense of cohesiveness to it beyond the eventual goal of defeating some nebulous demon king somewhere at some point. And in case it wasn’t already clear, this is all fantasy based so none of the dieting related information is useful in the slightest as applied to real life. It isn’t really inspirational either. The art is somewhat generic in terms of style and doesn’t really do anything interesting in terms of designs either so while I wouldn’t call it bad, I didn’t really feel it added to the manga either.